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Delhi: 3 Dead After 2-Storey Building Collapses In Jahangirpuri

Among the deceased, 45-year old Mukesh Kumar died after succumbing to injuries at a hospital,๊ 💫police said. Two more persons, including a woman, were pulled out of the rubble and were declared dead, the officer said.

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Officials and others during a rescue operation after a portion of a two-s🎉torey building collapsed at Jahangirpuri area, in New Delhi, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024 Photo: PTI
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Three persons died after getting trapped under th♈e debris of a portion of a two-storey building that collapsed in the Jahangirpuri area of northwest Delhi on Friday afternoon.

Among the deceased, 45-year old Mukesh Kumar died after succumbing to injuries at a hospital, police said. Two more persons, including a woman, were pulled out of the rubble and were declared brought dead, the officer said🍬.

Officials said that a few other people might be trapped. Rescue operations were underway at the🧸 💝time of last update in this report at 7:30 pm.

The DFS received an emergency call at 12.51 pm, following wh🎃ich five fire tenders were rushed to the spot.

Local police and other rescue teams were mobilised to assist the rescu🍨e efforts, officials saiꦡd.

Andhra Pradesh: Family Of Four Dies Due To Roof Collapse

Four family members died after the roof of their house collapsed in Chinnavangali village, Nandyal dist✨rict, a police official reported on Friday.

Allagadda sub-divisional police officer Sheik Sharifuddin said Guru Sekhar 💯Reddy (42), his wife Dastagiramma, and their two young daughters were killed when the mud roof fell during the night between Thursday and Friday while they were🍌 asleep.

"Due to heavy rains in the recent past, the mud roof which also had some wooden beams became heavy and collapsed around 12:30 am on Friday, leading to the death of the four fam💝ily members," Sharifuddin told PTI on Friday.

After h💖earing a loud thud in the middle of the night, police said neighbours went to the spot and found the fam𓃲ily members dead.

Reddy's second daughter, a﷽ student, was away in Kadapa district𝐆 when the accident occurred.

Sharifuddin said a case has been registered.

(With PTI inputs)